Six charcoal figures (artwork)

1 drawing Psychiatric patient 1 "Heinz", depicting six charcoal figures in various positions, including sitting at a desk, walking, flying in a top hat, and shooting an arrow. The inscription read "I think so, I think".

Small drawing on the reverse of a seated man in a top hat. the writting on the reverse reads "obsessive, suspicious, charcoal, typical"

The title has been supplied by the cataloguer for identification purposes.

Rita Simon's style classification: Traditional linear.

1950

1 artwork Charcoal on paper. 27.5 x 37.6 cm

The patient was a male German Jewish refugee working in the 1950s. He was paranoid and seemed to compensate for this through admiring Hitler and kept a photograph of Hitler on his person. "Heinz" attended therapy sessions once a week at a psychiatric centre. He had very precise English diction and sat very straight when drawing.

This information is taken from conversations between Rita Simon and Wellcome staff between 1995 and 1997.